Where does “tvättstuga” come from?

tvättstuga (Swedish) comes from Swedish stuga, from Old Swedish stuva, from Old Norse stofa, from German stōve, from Old Saxon *stova, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.

tvättstuga (Swedish): a laundry room (or a separate building housing a laundry or the like)

Definitions

  1. a laundry room (or a separate building housing a laundry or the like)

Ancestry of “tvättstuga”, step by step

tvättstuga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish stuga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstugaa small house, a cottage; a room or hall serving...
2Old Swedishstuva—
3Old Norsestofaroom, living room
4Germanstōve—
5Old Saxon*stova—
6Proto-West Germanic*stobu—

via Swedish tvätt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtvättlaundry; a wash
2Old Norseþváttrthe act of washing, laundry, washing
3Proto-Germanicþwahtuzwashing, laundry
4Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stobu →Every word from Old Saxon *stova →Every word from German stōve →